AS it was posted before, during January's Pie Run, my CBR got an encounter with a HD Nightster with the result of the CBR being totalled.
Since all the damage is on the fairing, few scratches on engine cover and the swing arm, I decided to keep it ($200 and I keep the bike ).
I decides that it was better to put the insurance check to the house morgage so the repair is going to be on the cheap side.
So far I am very excited with repairs and I will post the progress since it may help someone.
Brief Notes: ABS cement + nylon strap from a duffel bag= welded platic + create missing pieces.
This is the broken right side. There is not much missing so I will try to save the paint and stickers.
At this time I didn't have the ABS cement and I used a multypurpose cement. Not bad because the parts matched very well.
I grinded a chamfer on the inside to allow the cement to penetrate the crack. On the outside I tryed tor preserve as much material as possible and matted as good as I could
The result is not bad at all. The union is pretty solid and I will try to touch up the red of the sticker. The crack is more visible on the picture because of the flash
Now with ABS cement reproduce the missing part. With cardboard and wire I made the pattern to be filled with ABS and reinforced with the nylon strap
Since all the damage is on the fairing, few scratches on engine cover and the swing arm, I decided to keep it ($200 and I keep the bike ).
I decides that it was better to put the insurance check to the house morgage so the repair is going to be on the cheap side.
So far I am very excited with repairs and I will post the progress since it may help someone.
Brief Notes: ABS cement + nylon strap from a duffel bag= welded platic + create missing pieces.
This is the broken right side. There is not much missing so I will try to save the paint and stickers.
At this time I didn't have the ABS cement and I used a multypurpose cement. Not bad because the parts matched very well.
I grinded a chamfer on the inside to allow the cement to penetrate the crack. On the outside I tryed tor preserve as much material as possible and matted as good as I could
The result is not bad at all. The union is pretty solid and I will try to touch up the red of the sticker. The crack is more visible on the picture because of the flash
Now with ABS cement reproduce the missing part. With cardboard and wire I made the pattern to be filled with ABS and reinforced with the nylon strap
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